Zevrix is known for their Adobe Plugin to preflight InDesign files called InPreflight, similar to the built-in function within the CS4 only version itself (Live Preflighting) which Adobe offers. We call that process more a midflight check, as opposed to a preflight on your native files or artwork. And certainly not a postflight on a PDF or processed document. So it was with interest that we read this about a new automated solution from this software developer for that postflight process:

PDF Checkpoint 1.0 Public Beta ******************************* Zevrix Solutions introduces PDF Checkpoint – a new quality control and automation solution for PDF files. PDF Checkpoint 1.0 is currently in Public Beta stage and offers the following features: - Quickly preflight multiple PDF files – Create preflight profiles to detect common problems – List all PDF fonts, color spaces, images and document properties – Preview  and list resolution of PDF images More features are planned to be added – and It’s your chance to request features required for your PDF workflow: - Routing of PDF files depending on preflight results – Split PDF – Extract PDF images PDF Checkpoint 1.0 Public Beta can be downloaded here: http://zevrix.com/download.php  Read more... (280 words, estimated 1:07 mins reading time)

Of course you can handle your inflight (Similar, but different than a full preflight.) needs with Adobe’s Live preflight. We recently read in this excellent article, that there is good reason to use more preflight tools in the same workflow, due to the varying creative and production stages, such as FlightCheck Professional, PitStop Professional and perhaps also InPreflight from Zevrix, which has this new lighter version out as well:

The new InPreflight Studio is a low cost version which targets artists and designers who don’t require the advanced packaging capabilities. It provides the same powerful preflight and reporting solutions as the Pro version. InPreflight Pro is identical to the current version of InPreflight which includes automated packaging of multiple documents and other advanced options.
Source: http://prmac.com/release-id-4999.htm

Quality is what you make of it.

Zevrix Solutions has announced a new version of their InFlight tool, InPreflight. It is now on v2.6.6 and we learn:

“InPreflight also includes a powerful packaging automation engine which allows users to preflight and package multiple documents. Among other abilities, it can collect all files into one folder, eliminating the need to collect the same links multiple times for each design. This is especially useful when collecting multiple InDesign files that share the same linked images. The savings can result in gigabytes of saved space and hours of production time.

The new maintenance update provides the ability to check for embedded fonts in all EPS files. The information on embedded fonts is crucial to avoid false warnings about missing fonts when sending files to service providers. InPreflight is available for Mac OS X 10.4.2 and higher, a Universal Binary, and works with Adobe InDesign CS-CS4.”
SOURCE: http://www.iclarified.com/entry/index.php?enid=3062

InFlight checking is a very important step in the workflow, just as preflight is with FlightCheck Professional before and after take-off.

Have a great day – David

“Zevrix Solutions has announced compatible versions of its plug-ins with Adobe’s Creative Suite 4 software. Zevrix makes plug-ins for InDesign, Photoshop and Illustrator.

InPreflight is a quality control tool for InDesign that manages file packaging and reporting. Its latest release is 2.6.1.”
SOURCE: http://www.macworld.com/

You can read the full article here.

Adobe Plugin developer Zevrix has updated its InPreflight solution for InDesign.

Zevriz has updated InPreflight, a quality control solution for Adobe InDesign that lets
users locate potential problems and produce error-free documents, to version 2.2.5.

SOURCE: MacsimumNews.com via Graphicstart.com.

Yet another piece of evidence of why not to be tricked into feeling safe using the pre-flight feature within InDesign itself, as this video highlights titled, Adobe InDesign preflight vs Markzwares FlightCheck.